Xi Jinping’s unanimous re-election to a third term as President, a formality after he retained his spot as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party last October, was the headline event of the annual meeting of China’s...
On March 10, China’s National People’s Congress, a rubber-stamp body that meets in full session once annually, re-elected Xi Jinping to a third five-year term as President. (His third term as General Secretary was already...
A slate of independent candidates for Beijing’s district-level People’s Congress have announced that they are suspending their grassroots campaign due to fears for their personal safety in the wake of police threats and...
China’s education reform drive is now targeting parents. A new law passed by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee will hold parents legally responsible for reducing their children’s homework and tutoring burdens....
The Hong Kong government has announced an umbrella bill to implement sweeping changes to the city’s electoral system, two weeks after the changes were approved by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee...
On the eve of Hong Kong’s handover in 1997, Jiang Zemin famously held up a piece of calligraphy that declared: “Hong Kong’s tomorrow will be better.” Article 68 of the city’s Basic Law states that...
During the 2021 convocation of China’s National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Beijing announced plans to impose sweeping electoral reforms on Hong Kong that threaten any...
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Chinese leaders are expected to vote on a Data Security Law early next year. Last month at The Diplomat, Marcel Green wrote about the broad intentions and implications of the draft law for Chinese citizens: […] While the Chinese...
On Saturday in Beijing 2,969 of China’s 2,970 member parliament voted in favor of 69-year-old Wang...
On Wednesday, the National People’s Congress took a step towards the creation of China’s first...
This year’s gathering of the Two Sessions in Beijing brought early steps towards the...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher Yu Jianrong (于建嵘), a rural sociologist known for his...
Voters in several cities across China are heading to the polls this month to elect deputies for...
As people around the world react to Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the U.S. presidential...
The Liaoning delegation to the National People’s Congress dissolved last week with the...
At a provisional meeting of the National People’s Congress, the Liaoning delegation was...
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